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Siri, the electronic personal assistant installed on every iPhone, can be helpful in very many areas, but has heretofore has yet to be recognized for theater criticism.

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1st Stage, Tysons' award-winning professional theatre, announces the extension of the Pulitzer Prize winning Proof by David Auburn through May 8.

The Ford's Theatre 2015-2016 season continues with the musical 110 IN THE SHADE, directed and choreographed by Tony-Award nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge, now through May 14, 2016.

Combined together, the resumes of actress Tracy Lynn Olivera and director/choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge feature just about every great musical from the golden age of Broadway, except one.

The Welders-Washington's only playwrights' collective devoted exclusively to developing and producing new plays-has been granted $30,000 by The Reva and David Logan Foundation.

Deirdre Kinahan's family drama MOMENT has had several productions to date, including here in the United States, but Studio's production marks the DC premiere.

Pointless Theatre, DC's premiere puppet spectacle company, is proud to finish off their 2015-2016 season with their newly reimagined production of Hugo Ball: a Dada puppet AdveNTurE!!/?1!!??.

It seems like a howling musical about disaffected citizens rising up could be perfectly adapted for our confounding political times.

Theatre and film nuts alike will be both entertained and affected by Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play THE FLICK, a work which shows high emotions and drama can happen even in the most mundane of places.

To close their 49th season, Reston Community Players presents the classic drama, OUR TOWN, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, by Thornton Wilder from April 22 through May 7, 2016.

According to the Washington Post, the national touring cast of ANNIE got heckled this week at DC's National Theatre.

The Kennedy Center presents two tales of courage this April as part of its Theater for Young Audiences 2015-2016 season.

Washington National Opera's Artistic Director Francesca Zambello announces the WNO's upcoming production of The Ring, a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner, April 30-May 22, 2016.

As previously announced, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will host An Evening with Ana Gasteyer, an exclusive celebration that includes the inaugural presentation of the Beth Newburger Schwartz Award, Monday, May 9, 2016.

That perennially adorable optimist Annie, and her fellow orphans have landed at Washington's National Theatre, and they're bringing the cute.

From May 17-June 5, the Kennedy Center presents IRELAND 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts and Culture, an international festival spanning three weeks and featuring more than 50 performances with the participation of more than 500 artists in venues across the Center.

Theater J is pleased to announce the hire of its new Associate Producer, Jonathan David Martin.

A gem of a musical written by The Fantasticks team of Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones with libretto by N.

Put on your swankiest outfit, grab a cocktail and join us for a glamorous evening of entertainment as our 85 singers and dancers and a hot seven-­piece band recreate some of the most memorable musical moments from the silver screen.

Damian Woetzel continues his DEMO series uniting artists around a common theme, April 22-23, 2016 at 7:00 p.

Due to popular demand Virginia's Signature Theatre announces that Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick is now extended through April 24, 2016.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces its next production of Season 36: The Nether, by Blackburn Prize-winning playwright Jennifer Haley.

"War is peace.

Arena Stage announces the full cast and creative team for BORN FOR THIS: THE BEBE WINANS STORY, the heartwarming true story of six-time Grammy Award-winning icon BeBe Winans' journey to fame.